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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?
(a) One's fears.
(b) One's faith.
(c) One's experience.
(d) One's intelligence.

2. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1800.

3. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?
(a) Real truth.
(b) Analytic truth.
(c) Rational truth.
(d) Synthetic truth.

4. What is the name of the university Kant attended?
(a) Uniersity of Paris.
(b) University of Koenigsberg.
(c) University of Amsterdam.
(d) University of New York.

5. What did Leibniz argue could allow us to know almost everything about the world?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kant have published before 1781?

2. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?

3. What is considered to be Kant's most important work?

4. What did Kant become after attending school?

5. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?

(see the answer key)

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